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http://eldermet.ucc.ie

Latest publications: ELDERMET research has recently been published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA). This work focuses on the composition and stability of the intestinal bacteria in older Irish adults. Read the paper here. Would you like to be part of ELDERMET? We are currently looking for people, aged 65 years or older, living in the community. All we ask is that you live in the Cork area, or are willing to travel to Cork, and have recently (within the last two/three weeks) taken any kind of antibiotic. It doesnt matter if you are still taking the antibiotic, as long as the finishing date isnt more than four weeks before your first visit to ELDERMET. ELDERMET Objectives To assess the composition of the faecal microbiota of elderly volunteers in the Irish population, using state-of-the-art molecular techniques. To correlate diversity, composition, and metabolic potential of the faecal microbial metagenome with health, diet and lifestyle indices that are a) likely to be influenced by the microbiota or b) to influence the microbiota. To develop recommendations for specific dietary ingredients, foodstuffs, functional foods and/or dietary supplements, that will improve the health of elderly consumers. To provide evidence-based recommendations for prospective studies to determine the molecular mechanisms for health improvements promoted by specific food ingredients that modulate components of the microbiota. ELDERMET Rationale The human intestinal microbiota is made up of approximately 1000 genetically unique organisms (phylotypes ) [1]. The bacteria present in the intestine make an important contribution to: metabolism executed in the gut [2] health, in diverse activites from pain perception [3] to cognitive function [4]. There is an increasing body of evidence linking alterations in the human gut microbiota with Inflammatory Bowel Disease [5, 6] and Irritable Bowel Syndrome [7]. The changing pattern of the gut microbiota in elderly subjects [8, 9] may be linked to host changes such as immunosenescence, increased susceptibility to disease and potentially systemic effects. The composition of the intestinal microbiota may be modulated by dietary components including prebiotics [10]. ELDERMET will determine the baseline composition of the gut microbiota of several hundred elderly Irish subjects using a combination of traditional culutre and molecular (culture-independent) methodologies. ELDERMET will explore potential correlations between microbiota composition and a range of health indices; cross-referencing data to dietary intake. Data will be analyzed in the context of the related FHRI projects in Nutrigenomics, Food Consumption, Food Safety, and Diet-Health. ELDERMET will provide recommendations to all stakeholders (including health practitioners and the health service, the food industry and the general public) on how to improve health based on defined modifications to dietary intake. Sponsor. This work is supported by the Goverment of Ireland Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Food/Health Research Board Food for Health Research Initiative award to the ELDERMET project as well as by a Science Foundation Ireland award to the Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre. M.J.C. is now funded by a fellowship from the Health Research Board of Ireland.

Proper citation: ELDERMET Gut microbiota as an indicator and agent of nutritional health in elderly Irish subjects (RRID:SCR_008492) Copy   

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http://www.hopkins-hivguide.org/

Launched in 2004, the HIV Guide is a single disease resource, with two main parts: the HIV database, which is accessed by searching on diagnosis, drug name, pathogen, or management or by accessing the resistance tool, and there are also browsable areas of the site, which include news, features, continuing medical education programs and other types of additional readings and information. Guides are authored by academic clinicians and subject to rigorous peer review. You may browse the guide by: Diagnosis Covering opportunistic infections, malignancies, and complications of therapy. Drugs Includes indications, dosing, drug interactions, and author recommendations. Pathogen - Describes microbiology, clinical syndromes, and therapy. Management Including antiretroviral therapy guidelines and strategies. Resistance Tool Provides up-to-date interpretation of genotypic resistance test results. Whether searching for a drug, a pathogen, a diagnosis, or a management issue, your search results will be delivered in a concise and standard form designed to give you the most clinically useful information first, with the option to go deeper if you choose. If you search by diagnosis, you will receive a page listing points covering establishment of a diagnosis, related pathogens, treatment recommendations, issues to consider on follow up, references and more. At each step, we provide you immediately with the information you need to treat the diagnosis and give you the option to read more or more deeply if you choose. On the diagnosis page, you are also provided with links to the information sheet for each drug that may be prescribed, and if you indicate which drug you intend to use, you will be provided with relevant drug selected comments. If you search by drug, you will receive a page listing FDA indications, usual adult dosing, adverse drug reactions, drug interactions, spectrum, and forms. You are also able to access full pharmacological information (mechanism, absorption, Cmax, volume of distribution, protein binding, metabolism/excretion, t _, dosing for glomerular filtration of 50-80, dosing for glomerular filtration of 10-50, dosing for glomerular filtration of <10 ml/min, dosing in hemodialysis, dosing in peritoneal dialysis, dosing in cavh, dosing for decreased hepatic function, pregnancy risk, and breast feeding compatibility). If you search by pathogen, you will receive a page covering the microbiology, clinical relevance, sites of infection, drug selected comments, other information and references. You are also provided with links to information for each drug that may be prescribed, and if you indicate which drug you intend to use, you will be provided with the drug selected comments for that choice. If you search by management, you will receive a page listing definition, indications, and clinical recommendations and additional details, including references. If you click on more wherever it appears on a page, you will find more detailed material about the topic. In addition, the HIV Guide homepage contains a Features section and Literature Review that contain synopses and articles about pertinent topics. The Publications section also provides .pdf versions of the Hopkins HIV Report. Prices represent the cost per unit specified, reflecting the Average Wholesale Price (AWP). AWP prices are taken from the Red Book, manufacturer information, and the McKesson database. These prices are updated every six months. We have listed up to 10 FDA-approved indications for uses of drugs. Though in some cases more may exist, for brevity and formatting issues authors and editors have chosen what they deem the most important. Also listed are disease states for which a drug may be likely prescribed regardless of FDA approval status (see Non-FDA approved uses). The HIV Guide is primarily focused on adult care but does cover issues of perinatal transmission. The material presented on this site represents the considered opinion of the Hopkins expert listed as the author of the module as of the date indicated. The reference section contains an annotated list of the articles that the author considers to be most relevant to the topic. Where authoritative guidelines exist, such as CDC, IDSA or Medical Letter guidelines, they are referenced and discussed along with the author''s recommendations presented.

Proper citation: HIV Guide (RRID:SCR_008252) Copy   

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http://www.jneurosci.org/supplemental/18/12/4570/

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE, documented on January 29, 2013. Supplemental data for the paper Changes in mitochondrial function resulting from synaptic activity in the rat hippocampal slice, by Vytautas P. Bindokas, Chong C. Lee, William F. Colmers, and Richard J. Miller that appears in the Journal of Neuroscience June 15, 1998. You can view digital movies of changes in fluorescence intensity by clicking on the title of interest.

Proper citation: Hippocampal Slice Wave Animations (RRID:SCR_008372) Copy   

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http://ompc.juricap.com

OMPC aims to enable reuse of the huge open and free code base of MATLAB on a free and faster growing Python platform. Running Python and MATLAB in a single interpreter avoids issues with running two separate applications. Python adds general purpose programming libraries to the convenient syntax of the language of technical computing. OMPC is not an interpreter, it lets Python to do the work. This means that if Python gets faster OMPC gets faster too. OMPC translates the m-files preserving the structure of the original programs as much as possible. Although OMPC comes with a library that emulates the features of numerical array of MATLAB there is nothing that will stop you from running the translated code the way you like it. This means that you could run the OMPC generated code on IronPython, Jython, PyPy or whatever else if you write your own numerical class. Sponsors: This resource is supported by RIKEN Brain Science Institute.

Proper citation: An Open-Source MATLAB-to-Python Compiler (RRID:SCR_008409) Copy   

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http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/ehc.html

This web site focuses on neuroscience, the study of the nervous system. Links on this page are limited to those Dr. Chundler finds to be the most interesting and useful.

Proper citation: Eric H. Chundlers Links (RRID:SCR_008328) Copy   

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http://www.uni-mannheim.de/fakul/psycho/irtel/cvd.html

This page leads you to some screen shots from the Color Vision Demonstrations program CVD for IBM PCs and compatibles as described in this reference: Irtel, H. (1992). Color-vision demonstrations on an IBM PC/AT with VGA. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers, 24, 88-89. Note that in order to display these images correctly you need a true color display with 8 bits resolution per color channel.

Proper citation: Color Vision Demonstrations (RRID:SCR_008327) Copy   

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http://www.brl.ntt.co.jp/cs/human/index.html

This site provides information about the NTT Human and Information Science Laboratory. Technologies that enable users to get along well with information and technologies that can handle information properly on computers and networks are the keys to secure and high-quality information distribution services in a network society. In realizing those technologies, a comprehensive understanding of how human beings, the creators and the recipients of information, process information and novel principles for handling information are indispensable. From this viewpoint, the NTT Human and Information Science Laboratory has been pursuing scientific research in two areas: Sensory and Emotion Research, and Sensory and Motor Research. Sponsors: This resource is supported by NTT Communication Science Laboratories.

Proper citation: Human and Information Science Laboratory (RRID:SCR_008329) Copy   

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http://cgems.cancer.gov

The project began as a pilot study to identify inherited genetic susceptibility to prostate and breast cancer. CGEMS has developed into a robust research program involving genome-wide association studies (GWASs) for a number of cancers to identify common genetic variants that affect a person''s risk of developing cancer. In collaboration with extramural scientists, NCI''s Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (DCEG) has carried out genome-wide scans for breast, prostate, pancreatic, and lung cancers, while a GWAS of bladder cancer is currently underway. By making the data available to both intramural and extramural research scientists, as well as those in the private sector through rapid posting, NIH can leverage its resources to ensure that the dramatic advances in genomics are incorporated into rigorous population-based studies. Ultimately, findings from these studies may yield new preventive, diagnostic, and therapeutic interventions for cancer. Sponsors: This resource is supported by the U.S. National Institues Of Health.

Proper citation: CGEMS (RRID:SCR_008445) Copy   

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http://www.cns.caltech.edu/

The Computation and Neural Systems degree program is organized jointly by the Division of Biology, the Division of Engineering and Applied Science, and the Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy. It is the program''s objective to provide a broad knowledge of this inherently multidisciplinary field, while at the same time requiring an appropriate depth of knowledge in the particular field of the thesis research. For example, a student working on cooperative circuits for early visual processing will also develop an in-depth knowledge of the anatomy and electrophysiology of early visual areas and a knowledge of visual psychophysics. A student working on olfactory cortex electrophysiology and its simulation would include the study of concurrent processing and the ethology of olfaction, and the relevant knowledge of dynamical and collective systems. A student working on the theory of complex systems could study collective and statistical properties of physics as well as the anatomical and algorithmic structure of biological and applied networks. Sponsors: The computational and neural systems is funded by the California Institute of Technology.

Proper citation: Computational and Neural Systems (RRID:SCR_008316) Copy   

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http://www.lexisnexis.com

A commercial software provider designed for legal, risk management, corporate, government, law enforcement, accounting, and academic markets. Sponsors: This resource is Reed Elsevier, Inc. Keywords: Workflow, Professional, Legal, Risk, Management, Corporate, Government, Law, Enforcement, Accounting, Academic, Technology, Information,

Proper citation: LexisNexis (RRID:SCR_008433) Copy   

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http://molbiocore.ucsd.edu/

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE, documented on January 31, 2022. The UCSD CFAR/VMRF Molecular Biology Core (MBC) is a service core designed to facilitate and support HIV/AIDS research at the University of California San Diego (UCSD), the VA San Diego Healthcare System (VASDHCS), the Veterans Medical Research Foundation (VMRF), the UCSD Antiviral Research Center (AVRC), the Scripps Research Institute, and others in the San Diego HIV/AIDS research community. The MBC provides a variety of services, including DNA sequencing, viral DNA and RNA quantification, cDNA microarray analysis of herpesvirus expression, lentiviral vectors, RNAi design and synthesis, custom vector and plasmid design and construction, plasmids and other reagents of interest to HIV/AIDS research, shared access to computational biology software, and a variety of other services. The core is operated in association with the VMRF, the UCSD AIDS Research Institute (ARI), the VASDHCS, and the VA Research Center for AIDS and HIV Infection (RACHI). The VMRF/CFAR MBC is open to all UCSD, VA, and VMRF investigators as well as those from outside institutions. Keywords: Biology, Research, Medical, Molecular, DNA, Sequencing, Healthcare, RNA, DNA, cDNA, Microarray, Analysis, Herpesvirus, Expression, Lentiviral,

Proper citation: UCSD Center for AIDS Research Molecular Biology Core (RRID:SCR_008435) Copy   

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http://www.track-hd.net

TRACK-HD is a multi-centermulti-national prospective, observational biomarker study of premanifest and early stage HD with no experimental treatment. Objectives: - determine what combination of measures is the most sensitive for detecting change over the natural course of premanifest and early HD - to validate these as potential outcome measures for use in future therapeutic trials Design: - focused on intensive battery of novel assessments - extensive annual assessments - dynamic and fluid protocol - robust evidence-based measures TRACK-HD is a major new international study of Huntingtons disease. It aims to be the most comprehensive study of premanifest and early HD, and will define the best combination of assessments to be used in clinical trials of disease-modifying treatments in HD. TRACK-HD began in January 2008 and involves 360 subjects at 4 sites internationally. Sponsors: This resource is supported by The UK Medical Research Council (MRC), CHDI Foundation, Inc., The Euro-HD Network, The Wellcome Trust, The Department of Health, The Huntingtons Disease Association, and The Brain Research Trust. Keywords: Biomarker, Experimental, Treatment, Research, Therapeutic, Trail, Hunginton''s, Disease, Health,

Proper citation: Track-HD (RRID:SCR_008397) Copy   

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http://ipmb.sinica.edu.tw/affy/

Affymetrix Gene Expression Service Lab, AGESL was established by IPMB, IMB and IBS, Academia Sinica and opened for service in June 2004. The lab provides a full service from quality control of customer-provided RNA samples to raw data acquisition, including Affymetrix recommended QC procedures, cDNA synthesis, in vitro transcription, fragmentation, hybridization, washing, staining and scanning. Sponsors: This resource is supported by Affymetrix, Inc. Keywords: Gene, Expression, Service, Laboratory, RNA, Data, Synthesis, cDNA, In vitro, Transcription, Fragmentation, Hybrdization, Washing, Staining, Scanning,

Proper citation: Affymetrix Gene Expression Service Lab (RRID:SCR_008396) Copy   

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http://www.youtube.com/education?b=400

This resource is geared towards providing educational video in various fields. All the videos are compiled from various sources and are freely accessible. Some of the topics covered are: - Business - Education - Engineering - Fine Arts & Design - Health & Medicine - History - Humanities - Journalism & Media - Law - Literature - Mathematics - Science - Social Science Sponsors: This resource is supported by YouTube, LLC.

Proper citation: YouTube Educational Portal (RRID:SCR_008310) Copy   

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http://www.loni.usc.edu/Software/jViewbox

A portable software framework for medical imaging research. jViewbox consists of a set of Java classes organized under a simple but extensive API that provides the core functionality of 2D image presentation needed by most imaging applications. It follows Java's Swing model closely to make it easy for application developers to build GUIs where end users can use various tools in a tool bar to manipulate the image displays. No optional add-ons or native code is used, which makes jViewBox compatible with any standard Java 2 Runtime Environment (version 1.3 or later).

Proper citation: jViewbox (RRID:SCR_008274) Copy   

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http://salilab.org/modeller/modeller.html

Software tool as Program for Comparative Protein Structure Modelling by Satisfaction of Spatial Restraints. Used for homology or comparative modeling of protein three dimensional structures. User provides alignment of sequence to be modeled with known related structures and MODELLER automatically calculates model containing all non hydrogen atoms.

Proper citation: MODELLER (RRID:SCR_008395) Copy   

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http://www.fa-petition.org/en/attivita/progetti2008.html

The aim of this resource is to facilitate and promote, even through fund-raising, the scientific research for the treatment of Friederich''s Ataxia. The mission of this portal is to: - To distribute information to the people affected by the disease and to make the general population aware. - Promote, fund and support the diagnosis, research, cure and potential treatments. - Promote the cooperation with other voluntary associations both national and international. Sponsors: This resource is supported by the RUDI Committee. Keywords: Research, Diagnosis, Cure, Treatment, Disease, Scientific, Friederich''s Ataxia,

Proper citation: ATASSIA DI FRIEDREICH - PROGETTI 2006 (RRID:SCR_008391) Copy   

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http://cprc.rcm.upr.edu/

Center for the study of non-human primates. Its mission is the study and use of non-human primates as models for studies of social and biological interactions and for the discovery of methods of prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases that afflict humans. Through the stewardship of three unique facilities—Cayo Santiago Field Station, Sabana Seca Field Station, and the Laboratory of Primate Morphology supports a diverse range of research programs that enhance understanding of primate biology and behavior, with direct applications in biomedical and translational research.

Proper citation: Caribbean Primate Research Center (RRID:SCR_008345) Copy   

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http://www.unil.ch/dafl

The Lausanne Genomics Technologies Facility (GTF) is a genomic technologies core laboratory serving the Lausanne and Lemanic region research community. It is housed in and administered by the Center for Integrative Genomics. The GTF offers a range of microarrays services, including : providing access to the instrumentation and the consumables that are required for the use of the pre-printed oligonucleotide microarrays available from Affymetrix and Illumina as well as miRNA gene microarrays from Agilent Technologies providing access to and supporting applications using the Illumina Genome Analyzer 2 ultra high throughput DNA sequencing platform providing access to the instrumentation and the consumables that are required for performing quantitative real-time PCR analyses using the Applied Biosystems 7900HT Sequence Detection System. providing bioinformatics support and consultation services at the stages of experimental design, data collection and storage, image analysis and data analysis acting as a center of experience, expertise and training in microarray and quantitative PCR technologies and methodologies. Laboratory space and computer workstations are available to users wanting to perform the experiments and/or analyses in the facility. The GTF also acts as an information clearing house for the user community by providing a forum for the sharing of methods, protocols and experience generated by the GTF and community scientists using microarray and quantitative PCR technology investigating and implementing, when appropriate, microarray-based methods for applications other than gene expression monitoring (e.g. SNP detection) participating in the evaluation of new RNA expression profiling and nucleic hybridization detection technologies as they develop and incorporate the appropriate technologies into the services offered by the facility

Proper citation: Lausanne Genomic Technologies Facility (RRID:SCR_008468) Copy   

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http://edge.oncology.wisc.edu/edge.php

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE, documented on July 15, 2013. EDGE is a scientific resource for toxicology-related gene expression information. The site contains databases and analyses of gene expression studies following exposure to a variety of chemicals or physiological changes. The ultimate goal of the EDGE is to map transcriptional changes from chemical exposure that will someday be used as a diagnostic fingerprint to predict toxicity as well as provide valuable insights into the basic molecular changes responsible. EDGE gives you the ability to easily answer the following fundamental questions about your data 1. Can I compare transcriptional profiles across treatments? 2. What genes respond to my treatment? 3. What influences my favorite gene(s)? One of the major objectives of toxicology is to understand the adverse health effects that result from exposure to foreign chemicals. The traditional method for assessing the toxicity of a test chemical is very resource intensive; requiring the commitment of large amounts of money, time, and animals. According to the National Toxicology Program (NTP), each chemical study requires between 2 and 4 million dollars and several years to complete. Due to the cost and labor intensive nature of these studies, the number of chemicals currently tested by the NTP stands at less than 500. Given these statistics and the fact that there are approximately 70,000 chemicals in commerce today, it is increasingly apparent that alternative methods for assessing toxic potential must be explored if a significant portion of the remaining chemicals is to be tested. One potential solution is to develop a comprehensive database that describes alterations in gene expression resulting from chemical exposure. The pattern of transcriptional activity will not only be highly sensitive indicator of chemical exposure, but that this pattern will be diagnostic for mechanistically linked toxicants. In our laboratory, we have chosen to address this problem through a combination of high throughput sequencing of expressed sequence tags (ESTs) and construction of custom toxicology-related cDNA microarrays derived from the unique ESTs identified in the sequencing effort. By using this approach, we can simultaneously develop a quantitative gene expression profile using ESTs and the reagents for further analyzing these changes in a rapid, highly parallel manner. In addition, the expression profiles are not biased for preselected favorite genes. The resulting gene expression pattern can then be used as diagnostic fingerprint to predict toxicity and/or carcinogenicity as well as provide valuable insight into the basic biochemical and molecular changes responsible for toxicity. Submission of total RNA for Bradfield Lab Microarray Microarray comparisons are made between untreated, control animals and animals treated with ONE treatment. Please make sure the RNA submitted adheres to this experimental design. Necessary information is available on the site.

Proper citation: EDGE: Environment, Drugs and Gene Expression (RRID:SCR_008187) Copy   

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